Anthony Weiner's $40,000 in campaign spending over the last six months has kicked off speculation that he's considering running for office again. The Post put Weiner on the front page yesterday, and the Times wrote about him today, concluding that he's still able to generate "buzz."

But, as Gothamist's Jen Chung points out, Weiner has an image problem--literally--that puts him in a position that's arguably much worse than that of pols who committed more serious legal or ethical transgressions.

In the cases of Bill Clinton and Eliot Spitzer, the scandals in which they were involved little visual evidence of their wrong-doing. Weiner's sex-less sex scandal involved him sending indecent images to female supporters. Those images will live for as long as there's an internet.

Harry Siegel: Ray Kelly "is used to getting his way. He only speaks to really friendly press. He has a press office that spins, doesn't respond, sometimes lies. And he's not used to having these external pressures you're supposed to have in a healthy democracy…The people he's talking to most frequently are Mike Lupica, is a sports writer…and Judy Miller, who has a complicated and troubled history." ["Inside City Hall"]

Unnamed sources say Anthony Weiner is talking to former staffers and politicos about how to run for mayor next year because his multi-million dollar warchest isn't eligible for 6:1 matching funds after 2013. [Annie Karni]

The U.F.T. blocked Bloomberg from closing 24 failing schools by arguing in court that the administration was really just reorganizing the school bureaucracy and replacing the staff. One anti-union editorial board call the failure to win this case "Mike's Surrender." [New York Post]

Albany

Andrew Cuomo had almost monthly statements about the problem of pension padding when he was running for governor in 2010, but there has been no final report about the issue which he was investigating while attorney general. His spokesman said pension abuses were addressed in recent state legislation. [Rebecca Croniser]

"It's up to Albany to fix this mess" with the NYC Board of Elections vote-counting methods. [New York Post]

Several hospitals in poor neighborhoods have dropped their medical malpractice insurance and there's no law in New York State requiring them to have it or disclose their lack of it to patients. [Anemonia Hartocollis]

A sizable number of supermarket workers in Brooklyn are joining unions and accusing store owners of not paying enough. In the background are some potential racial tensions: many of the workers are Latino and some of the store owners are Korean. [Kirk Semple]